I was wondering what everyone's tattoo policies were at their jobs? I have no clue what mine is at Office Depot. I have one that is visible at any time that my sleeve us up an inch, but have never gotten in trouble for it. So, I figure that it's not a big deal to them. I'm going to go up very soon to get my second tattoo done, this time on my right arm, and I wondered how big of a deal it is to the places that you work at for tattoos being visible. I'm looking into still getting a job at the Apple Store in Jacksonville when I move back up in September and one of the managers has two visible tattoos, so I believe it is safe to assume that they're cool with them as long as they are not obscene.

i have ink all over the place.... the key is, it is all covered while i am working... its hard to walk into a hospital or a bank....etc and try to sell them fiber optics with a full sleeve of tats

with that beind said, a few of my customers have seen the ink on my calves while golfing... but these are established customers and at that piont my service level and relationship is established enough that they dont seem to mind...

It seems like they're more conservative when you're in a customer service type position, especially one where there's a dress code. Your best bet would to wear something which covers it and inquire about it if you're hired or at least a top candidate.

Thankfully I don't have any of these restrictions at any of my jobs, no ink yet but no one seems to complain that I have a nosering or that my ears are stretched a bit. Then again I don't have a front desk position nor am I interacting with a decent amount of people a lot of the time.

eh my work don't care, it's an office, but it's also the ski industry so most things are pretty lax. A former co-worker of mine had a very nice (and large) piece on her lower back that stuck out quite a bit because of the shirts she wore. People would comment on it but never in a negative "cover that up" kinda way.

Some people have gotten in a bit of trouble over facial piercings but never enough to permanently remove them.

It seems like they're more conservative when you're in a customer service type position, especially one where there's a dress code. Your best bet would to wear something which covers it and inquire about it if you're hired or at least a top candidate.

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Yup. I thoroughly agree w/ vniow's points.

I don't have ink and probably never will (simply because I'm too fickle and I'm likely to tire of any design soon after getting it done ) but my sister just got a decent-sized tattoo on her inner wrist. She works food retail in an upscale café/ restaurant in ritzy La Jolla (San Diego, CA) and she got the okay from management before getting hers done.

I was wondering what everyone's tattoo policies were at their jobs? I have no clue what mine is at Office Depot. I have one that is visible at any time that my sleeve us up an inch, but have never gotten in trouble for it. So, I figure that it's not a big deal to them. I'm going to go up very soon to get my second tattoo done, this time on my right arm, and I wondered how big of a deal it is to the places that you work at for tattoos being visible. I'm looking into still getting a job at the Apple Store in Jacksonville when I move back up in September and one of the managers has two visible tattoos, so I believe it is safe to assume that they're cool with them as long as they are not obscene.

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Hello...just got back from Portland Pioneer Place Apple store. One of the employees had stretched ears (probably 1.25" in size) and his arms were about 33%, each, covered. He even had some work on his neck.

I've had corporate jobs where visible tattoos were never a problem. Only problem with tattoos I had was when I worked crappy retail jobs in my early 20's. They seem to care the most b/c their customer base is (generally) boring middle class types who don't understand that sort of thing...or, at least that is the excuse these jobs give as to why one must cover up, or get out.

I just got a forearm piece and my manager didn't care, he thinks it's cool. Of course I'm a supervisor as well. It's also not in any way going to be seen as "vulgar" or whatnot, if it was a naked lady that might be an issue, or a baby with it's brains being blown out.

I just got a forearm piece and my manager didn't care, he thinks it's cool. Of course I'm a supervisor as well. It's also not in any way going to be seen as "vulgar" or whatnot, if it was a naked lady that might be an issue, or a baby with it's brains being blown out.

Whoa! I thought you were talking about Steve Jobs and tatoos. Please, people, Steve's last name is capitalized. A job, as in the thing you do for money, aka work, is not capitalized. I can't stand thread titles where I don't know what kind of "jobs/Jobs" people are talking about. Ok, i'll stop.

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